The Rovers Continue

   Did you know that the rover Spirit is still in Mars? The Spirit is looking for water on Mars. It is doing an exellent job and will keep on going. Spirit has taken a ton of information. However, it has a problem with its wheels. The people of NASA are looking for water erosion and deposition. Also, they are looking for volcanic ash flows. The mission has lasted longer than expected. It was supposed to last about four months. If you controlled the rover what would you do? Would you play with it, or will you try to find things that nobody has ever seen? Explain your answer.

Comments

[Mrs. Davis]

I believe I would try to find things that nobody has ever seen because I don't think I would play with it as I would not know how! Probably this is a job best left to the scientists who know what they are doing!

Did you know that the word science comes from the Latin word scientia, which means "knowledge?" (one of our Bloom's words) The word scientist was not coined until 500 years later, by author William Whelwell. I find the study of words fascinating. Have you learned any interesting things about words?

[Alejandro1]

I did learn that the five animal kingdoms such as mamalia and ursura that came from the country of Spain. Lots of words are form the spanish language. I don't know of other words that come from different countries.

[Marcos]

Your writing made me think that we should explore other planets.Did you know that the rover sent a picture of an Earth like civilition. It has also found tunnels that might of been made by water. Do you think aliens live on Mars?